Confessions of a grey-headed reporter

More tornado snapshots

With this post, we stop ignoring our friends at WGCL, CBS 46 and their coverage of the Atlanta tornado. Rebekka Schramm’s coverage of Vine City Monday was solid, dovetailing nicely into the charitable efforts of the Salvation Army in that impoverished area. She had the nat sound of the day: A resident, viewing his home that had been crushed by a tree, deadpanning: We’re going to need a structural engineer out here.

Adam Murphy drew the short straw, covering a news conference with Atlanta boosters who insisted the city remains “open for business.” When he speaks, I can’t help but actually hear the voice of Aasif Mandvi of the Daily Show . Apparently desperate for a prop to use during his live shot, Murphy held shards of broken glass in his hand. At least Aasif Mandvi would have bled on-air.

The Craven Chest-beating Award goes to Ryan Deal, who touted his “exclusive, unfettered access to the parking deck” near the Fulton Mill Lofts. He went on to boast about his recording of conversations “rarely caught on camera”– and barely audible to the listener. His story would have been much better without his heavy handedness. We know management encourages that stuff– but c’mon. A parking deck exclusive? That’s the kind of stuff that make normal people laugh at TV news guys.

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Doug Richards is a reporter at WXIA-TV. This is his personal blog. WXIA-TV has nothing whatsoever to do with this blog, under any circumstances, in any form. For anything written herein, Doug accepts sole credit and full blame. Follow him on Twitter: @richardsdoug. All rights reserved. Thanks for visiting.

Man, Adam’s the bomb. Dude’s not afraid to, like, get down and dirty in his Menz Warehouse suit and, like, go touch stuff. He touched some of our pavement the City is slowly turning into rocks, one by one apparently, just last Friday over on Howell Mill Hell:http://www.cbs46.com/video/15599322/index.html

Ryan Deal’s the deal… although, if he doesn’t call back soon we’re gonna make the offer to Winne.

See, my house mate and I are offering exclusive, unfettered access to a prestigious hill top (pretty) near Turner Field. We promise to to have conversations rarely caught on camera, and we’ll even have them… **ON DEMAND**!
Come on guys, a little *Com*cast on your *broad*cast? Can’t lose!